Winding-up device



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L. O. HUBER.

WINDING UP DEVICE.

No. 366,586. Patented July 12,1887.

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WINDING UP DEVICE.

No. 366,586. Patented July 12,1887.

WITNESS-E I IJV'VEJVTOR 11:, Attorney Fri'cat LOUIS O. HUBER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

WINDING-UP DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,586, dated July 12, 1887.

Application filed March 21, 1887. Serial No. 231,717. (No model.)

To (LZZ 1071 0711, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS O. HUBER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, hare invented certain newand useful Improvements in inding-Up Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of my invention, and is a top view of same. Fig. 2isa front end View. Fig. 3 is a rear end view.

The invention relates to improvements in devices for winding up the driving mechanism of air-pumps for gas-machines, the objects be ing to prevent irregularities in the outflow of air from the pump and render the same steady and equable, thus causing the gas to burn steadily and without spurting or flickering; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings, and embraced in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the frame of the winding mechanism of the air-pu mp, having the standard-brackets a a at its ends, which brackets have made in their upper ends the bearings b I) for the jour nals of the drum or cylinder 13, upon which the wire rope or chain 0 is wound. The said rope passes over a pulley, c, secured to a proper support above the drum,and has an actuating weight, 0, attached to its depending end.

One of the journals of the drum is extended beyond its bearing, and has secured upon it the large gear-wheel D, meshing with a pinion, E, secured upon the inner section, f, of a clutch, F, through which the fan-shaft of a 1'0- tary air-pu mp passes, the shaft turningloosely in said section. The outer section, f, of the clutch is secured on the fan-shaft G by a pin, 9, which passes through the slots 9 one of which is shown, the other being diametrically opposite in the section, and through a round opening in the shaft, so that the section f turns with the latter, but can move longitudinally thereon.

The fan-shaft G has bearings in the adjacent end-bar of the frame A and in the cylinderhead H of the air-pump.

h is a coiled spring which bears against the cylinder-head and the outer section, f, of the clutch, forcing the latter into engagement with the inner section, f, of the same. The said spring is just strong enough to perform its duty, and the sections of the clutch engage when turning in the direction in which the fan-shaft rotates when in operation, but disengage should it be attempted to reverse the rotation thereof, so as to save breakage of the internal mechanism of the airpump.

i isa pinion meshing with the wheel D and secured on the end of a shaft, I, which turns in bearings i i, made upon one side of the main frame A, and J is a clutch on the opposite end of said shaft outside the adjacent bearing. The said clutch is composed of the inner section, j, secured to the shaft by a pin or otherwise, and the outer section,j, forming the boss of a crank, K, and fitting on the shaft to the outer side of the section j. By means of said clutch and handle the wire rope is wound 011 the drum and the actuating-weight elevated.

The clutch J necessarily rotates in the opposite direction to the clutch F,because of the engagement of the gears i and D; hence the said clutches must engage in the same direc tion. \Vhen the clutch J is engaged, the crank being turned in the proper direction, the sectionsff of the clutch F disengage against the action of the spring 71, so as not to rotate the fan-shaft of the air-pump in the wrong direc tion.

Should the driven mechanism be wound up by the clutch J, shaft I, and pinion '5, and the crank-handle left engaged with the section j of the clutch,through accident or carelessness, when the actuating weight begins to rotate the drum and actuate the air-pump, the sectionj of the clutch forces the handle to disengage, and as the end of the shaft I is cylindrical and turns in a circular opening on the clutclrbossj, the handle K will merely hang upon the shaft as it rotates, whereas if said shaft were angular and engaged an angular opening in the boss the handle would rotate with the shaft, causing, by its leverage,a slowing of the air-pump when ascending and an acceleration thereof when descending, so as to cause great irregularity in the gas-jets." This is avoided by the described construction.

The winding-up mechanism, as described,

is simple and effective, and will at all times' permit the fan-shaft of the air-pump to rotate with regularity, soas to insure an equable How of gas to the burners.

. As the clutch J and the clutch F hold or engage in opposite directions, it is evident that when winding up the wire on the drum the clutch F will keep disengaged all the time, as the part f will move back against the spring 71, so that the shaft G can never be tu'rned in winding up the wire. When the wire is wound up and the weight descends by gravity, the clutch F is engaged and the shaft G rotated, causing the air-pump to begin to act.

' shaft I is then turned in thedirection to disengage the clutch J, and the handle K will not rise, but will hang on the shaft loosc,s0 as not to cause the air-pump to work irregularly by meansof its leverage. Should the handle be The left, through carelessness, in an'upright position, when it has been turned by the shaft I past its highestposition it will immediately fall and hang loose on the shaft, as described.

Having described my invention, I claim- The combination, with the shaft G of the air -pump, the drum B, having its journals turning in the bearings b in the frame of the device, the rope O, the weight 0, the clutch F, composed of the sections ff, the pin 9, and the spring 71. of the gear-wheels D and z, the gear-wheel E, the shaft I, the section j of the clutch J, which section is secured to the shaft I, and the crank K, provided with a circular opening for the passage of the shaft I, and with the boss j, forming the outer section of the clutch J, substantially as specified.

- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS C. HUBER.

. \Vitnesses:

THEO. MUNGEN, PHILIP O. MAsI. 

